April 8, 2025 • 17 mins
Jill Quinn's dance career came to an abrupt halt when she fractured her back after being dropped during rehearsal. Rather than letting this injury define her, it became the catalyst for a remarkable 25-year journey into wellness coaching. Today, as the founder of QuinnEssentials Wellness Solutions, Jill has transformed her own pain into a powerful platform for helping others overcome physical limitations and achieve holistic health.
"The body is a map. You just have to learn how to read it," Jill explains with the wisdom of someone who has devoted decades to understanding the complex relationship between physical pain and overall wellness. Through her home-based business offering Pilates, health coaching, nutrition guidance, menopause support, and Reiki, she creates personalized paths to healing that recognize we are more than just our physical bodies.
What sets Jill's approach apart is her understanding that true transformation isn't linear. While many clients come to her after failed quick-fix diets or exercise programs, she helps them embrace a more sustainable journey. She shares stories of clients who've lost over 100 pounds not through drastic measures but through consistent lifestyle changes and addressing the deeper aspects of health—emotional, spiritual, relational, and environmental. For women navigating menopause, Jill offers specialized coaching that acknowledges how hormonal changes fundamentally alter what the body needs from exercise and nutrition.
Whether you're recovering from injury, seeking to reclaim your health, or simply looking for a more balanced approach to wellness, this conversation will change how you think about your body's capabilities. Visit quintessentialswellness.com to book a complimentary 15-minute discovery call and begin your own transformation journey with Jill as your guide.
QuinnEssentials Wellness Solutions
Jill Quinn
Fort Mill, SC
jquinnessentials@gmail.com
quinnessentialswellness.com
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is the Good Neighbor Podcast, the place
where local businesses andneighbors come together.
Here's your host, Regina Lee.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of
the Good Neighbor Podcast.
Here out of the South Charlottearea, my favorite thing to do
is talk to local business ownersand I came upon Jill.
She is the owner of Jill .
How are you today, jill Quinn?
Speaker 3 (00:30):
I am wonderful.
How are you, Regina?
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Good, good, I love what you do and I think all
women can be helped by thethings you know and the things
you share.
Tell us a little bit about whatJill Essentials is, and then
we'll kind of, oh, we need tostart over, it's Quinn
Essentials, okay.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
I was gonna pop in on that.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
When, when it was my turn to go, but we can start
over.
Okay, sorry about that.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
No worries.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
Okay, we're gonna just pick up right here and now.
Jill, tell us a little bitabout Quinn Essentials and what
you guys do, and then we'll talka little bit about how and why
you got into it.
Speaker 3 (01:22):
Perfect.
I'm so excited to be here.
Thank you for having me.
Quintessentials Wellness is ahome-based business that does
both virtual and in-personPilates and health coaching, so
I offer fitness-based coaching,nutrition, menopause coaching.
I also do Reiki and a varietyof other small group coaching
(01:48):
programs.
Quintessentials, I would say,was a dream born out of
necessity during the pandemic.
I didn't really anticipatestarting a home-based business,
but needs must.
At the time, I was the Pilatescoordinator over at Lifetime.
I have 25 years now of coachingexperience and sometimes life
(02:17):
conspires for you to stepforward into a dream that you
only imagined, really in yourdreams, but life took you down a
different path.
So that's how quintessentialswas born in 2020.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
I love the name and it's holistic coaching and
fitness overall wellness.
So tell us how and why you gotinto this.
Speaker 3 (02:39):
I was a dancer and actress back in the day and I
had an injury that brought me toa wise Pilates teacher in New
York City and I was hooked rightfrom the beginning.
I said I want to be able tohelp people overcome what might
(02:59):
be perceived as a life-changinginjury or event.
If you're an athlete or adancer and you spend the primary
portion of your life trainingfor something and something like
an injury derails you, it's notonly your physical body that
suffers, but you really don'thave your identity set apart
(03:21):
from that performative place.
So I was hooked immediately onhow I could help others find
their way back, find a new pathand also get back to feeling
strong again.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
That's cool.
Where was your injury?
Speaker 3 (03:39):
My back.
I was dropped in a rehearsaland I fractured my back and you
know, when you're 19, you kindof don't really understand the
long-term ramifications.
So the show must go on and Iperformed on that injury because
the show was the next day andcaused quite a bit of damage.
That changed the trajectory ofmy career.
Again, there are lots of thingsthat you can say, looking back,
(04:03):
that you would have donedifferently.
But here I am, you know, 26years into a Pilates career, a
health and wellness career thatI never really imagined.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
So why is Pilates an alternative for people who have
aches and pains and issues likethat?
Speaker 3 (04:22):
It is for every single body, but the primary
reason why it's so helpful forfolks who have injuries or
issues with their joints isbecause it's gentle on the
joints but powerful on themuscles.
It's an inside out modality.
What I mean by that is yourcore strength stabilizes you
from the inside out and there'sno impact on the joint, so that
(04:45):
you can become strong and stablewithout really jarring your
body in ways that, say, a hipworkout wouldn't be appropriate.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
Right, right, I love that.
So if it's, if you're doing avirtual Pilates class, does the
person need a reformer at theirhome?
Speaker 3 (05:04):
No, not necessarily.
I have some folks that do havetheir own personal reformer in
their home studio.
But we can do.
I do all kinds of fitness.
So we do map based Pilates, wedo reformer Pilates, we do
actual functional fitness.
So dumbbells, trx, bosu bandsall the things I started out as
a group fitness instructor Allthe things I started out as a
group fitness instructor back inthe day teaching cycle and spin
(05:28):
and group exercise, total bodystrength Pilates was the impetus
to get me into the door, but Isoon found many, many formats
that were awesome to teach.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
So, yes, I was that cardio queen back in the day, me
too.
I was back in the leg.
Warmer day, yes, going way back.
So how do you intertwine thewellness and the coaching piece
to a Pilates regimen Perfect.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
So I have a master's degree in exercise science and
health promotion.
So for me there's a deep healthmodel that looks at multiple
aspects of your health.
So when someone comes to me andsays I have a back pain, okay,
we'll go down that road.
Pilates might be a great pointof entry for you.
(06:23):
As we have our conversations ordive into other things that are
impacting that back pain, wemight find other areas of
opportunity for coaching.
It might be nutrition, it mightbe stress management, it might
be the way in which you liftthings at home.
If your back pain is particularor if you have certain habits
(06:45):
that you need help with, if yoursleep is disrupted, that's
gonna impact the way you show upfor your workout the next day.
So it usually evolves in anatural, organic way over the
course of the conversations.
Again, most people comethinking that they want to start
with Pilates, but it evolvesinto a holistic coaching
conversation.
Speaker 2 (07:05):
I see that.
Do you work with men?
Speaker 3 (07:07):
and women.
I do work with men and women.
Some of the coaching programs Ihave, like my menopause
coaching program, is specific towomen, but I do work with men
and women.
Some of the coaching programs Ihave, like my menopause
coaching program, is specific towomen, but I have worked with
men and women of every age andstage of their journey, from
athletes to people recoveringfrom injury prenatal, postnatal,
all kinds and body types.
Speaker 2 (07:27):
So go dive in a little bit about menopause and
how does that working withsomeone dealing with that differ
from another client?
Speaker 3 (07:37):
Okay, perfect question, Because I again used
to be a cardio queen like youand the way in which we approach
fitness, perhaps in our 20s,30s, maybe even early 40s, is
not that same modality forsomeone who is facing a down
regulation of their hormoneprofile, Sleep is disrupted,
(07:59):
Mood, energy, joint pain is asignificant side effect and
symptom of menopause.
So a HIIT workout for someonewho hasn't slept or is having
insane frozen shoulder as aresult of lack of estrogen, you
have to warm them up differentlylonger time, different approach
, different exercise programming.
(08:20):
It is a completely differentlens through which to support
the female client at that stage,that's super cool.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
Give us share maybe one of your clients their story,
that something that reallystands out, that you're super
proud of their journey.
Speaker 3 (08:38):
Oh my goodness.
Well, I've had quite a fewclients go through significant
weight loss of 100 pounds ormore, and that that is not a
linear journey.
It can be years on that pathand people often think that
you're going to start out,you're going to do all the
things all at once and you'regoing to go from A to B in 12
(08:58):
months.
Let's say that's an oftentimesmisconception.
That can happen for some folks,but life happens along the way
as you are set out on this goaland you are going to have
setbacks and you are going tohave things that throw you off
course.
So having a coach to supportyou through a big journey like
(09:21):
that is of prime importance,because it's easy to just throw
in the towel and say, well, it'stoo hard, it's too long, it's
taking too long, I'm going to gofor this quick fix.
Oftentimes, yes, people thinkI'm going to go to Medi Weight
Loss or this super caloricrestriction, or I'm going to do
this thing.
I am a lifestyle behavior changespecialist.
So, although those things dowork in the short term, or if
you have a timeframe that you'regoing to a reunion or you've
(09:45):
got a wedding, maybe, sure,those things might do the trick
for that short window of time,but if you are looking to
transform your life, having acoach that understands the deep
health paradigm and thenonlinear process of health
behavior change is of primeimportance.
Today I can look back at thosetwo particular clients and be
really proud of the fact thatthey did not give up on
(10:07):
themselves, that they found away to work with me by
uncovering these strategies ofhealth behavior change to create
a lifestyle that suits them.
Speaker 2 (10:20):
So, thinking of those two clients in particular, how
often do you recommend that yousee or work with one of your
clients to get those kind ofresults?
Speaker 3 (10:30):
To get those kind of results, people have to commit
to doing a lot of work on theirown.
Most people do not have a coachfive days, seven days a week.
I had a funny conversation withmy dentist when I was there the
last time.
She said I just need you towalk around behind me and slap
the cookies out of my hand.
I said no, you don't need me todo that, you need to do the
homework yourself.
(10:51):
I cannot follow you around andslap the cookies out of your
hand.
So it's a commitment.
Coaching is a symbioticrelationship.
Okay, I really am your guideand you have to commit to doing
the work too.
So two times a week minimum,ideally three to four.
(11:11):
It depends on time and budget.
If you are going to commit, Iwill create a program for you
that you can follow.
When you're not in front of meface to face, you have support
of what to do and when, butactual one on one face time or
within a group coaching model issomewhere between one to four
times a week.
Speaker 2 (11:30):
You know, it just occurred to me.
I bet most people come to youand they think they've failed,
when, what you know, they trieda short term diet or exercise
program.
But what you just said reallymakes takes the pressure off
that oh, this is supposed tohappen in a month or two months
or three months.
(11:51):
I love that.
Speaker 3 (11:52):
I mean especially.
I really learned to lean intothat when I was coaching women
who had just had children andthey want to get their pre-baby
body back.
Man, you have just grown ahuman and it took you at least
nine to 10 months to do this.
So please give yourself theequal opportunity to recover.
You are not going to sleep forprobably four of those months.
(12:14):
Like we have to learn how toapproach this with grace.
Your body is an absolutemiracle of what it can do for
you and it is so resilient Ifyou learn to listen to it.
I tell my clients often that thebody is a map.
You just have to learn how toread it and tune into what it is
asking of you.
Oftentimes we work so againstourselves by forcing certain
(12:36):
things to happen within acertain timeframe.
Yeah, sure, we want resultsfast because we are instant
gratification creatures.
It's hardwired into our DNA abit, but this is a lifestyle
that you are looking to createand it's going to take some time
to implement that you arelooking to create and it's going
to take some time to implement.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
And genetically how we're made up.
You know when you maybe want tolook like someone it just may
not even be possible.
Speaker 3 (13:04):
It may not be possible.
Listen, I had this realizationthe other day.
I was at the store with mygirlfriend.
We were shopping and I sawthese giant platform shoes and I
put them on and I said, oh, I'mgoing to be so tall she's a
very tall friend and, lo andbehold, the reality of my
shortness showed up, becauseeven with these giant disco
platform shoes on, I was not astall.
And I said am I really thatshort?
She goes.
Do you not realize that youwere that short?
So the whole reason I tell thisstory is because, even if you
(13:28):
want to, I am never going to befive, 10, no matter what I do,
even if I wore these discoplatform shoes.
So you have to work with whatyou've got and maximize and
optimize your DNA.
I mean, that's a wholeconversation of epigenetics.
You may have a predispositionfor certain health parameters or
(13:48):
diseases, but if you adapt andadopt certain lifestyle
behaviors, you can, yes, perhapsavoid those genetic
predispositions.
So I'm a huge fan of education.
My clients definitely learn alot when they are with me,
because I want you to learn howto navigate your own body.
Speaker 2 (14:09):
Well, I love your website.
You've got blogs, you've gotrecipes, all kinds of things
Very, very informative.
What do you wish people knew?
Speaker 3 (14:19):
about your business.
Well, we've been touching onmost of it, but I'll go a little
bit further into depth withthis.
I do wish that peopleunderstood that health was not
just the physical being healthy.
(14:39):
I mean, I talk about this a lotwith my clients.
Sure, If you could squat ordeadlift XPR, or if you could
perform some acrobatic,phenomenal Pilates move that you
see on Instagram, that's allwell and good.
But if your spiritual,emotional, environmental,
professional, relational healthis not where you would like it
to be, I would consider you, yes, to be not as healthy as you
could be.
(15:00):
So one thing about my businessthat I take great pride in is I
look at the whole human and westart, perhaps, yes, with the
physical, but the physical is atop tier access point of what's
really going on within you.
Access point of what's reallygoing on within you.
So, for example, if you haveback pain, all of that seems
(15:20):
like it could be just muscles,ligaments, soft tissue and
injury.
Yes, perhaps, but there's alsoa lot of social and emotional
stress that comes along withback pain.
It shows up if you've had a lotof stress in your life.
We hold it in certain areas.
My yoga teacher always tells usin class that if you have hip
(15:40):
issues, your issues are in yourtissues, as it were.
So you know the body.
As you've heard that title, thebody keeps the score.
There's a lot going on withinyou that may appear in the
physical, so I do wish thatpeople knew about my business,
that coaching is a complete,integrative, holistic approach
(16:01):
to your overall well-being and Ireally enjoy being able to help
people in that realm.
Speaker 2 (16:07):
Well, it's super cool because I can tell you know you
, you educate, but then you walkside by side on the journey and
that check in, having thatperson that knows you so well,
has to be such a huge benefit.
So when you're not doing all ofthis, what do you like to do
for fun in the area?
Speaker 3 (16:26):
Well, I love to go to yoga.
It is a way for me to receivecoaching.
I go to Dream Yoga Wellnesshere in Indian land and it is an
amazing studio, super awesomeinstructors, so it's a chance
for me to get a little bit backof what I receive, so that's fun
for me.
I read avidly and broadly.
(16:48):
I'm writing fiction books atthe moment, so that's a fun
hobby for me.
I love to go on walks, go tothe Whitewater Center, the
Anclos Greenway, as manyopportunities as I can to get
outside and enjoy nature.
The most wild thing I've donein recent months is go axe
(17:09):
throwing, because I am trying todo new things and get out of my
comfort zone.
I do not do well with objectsthat are thrown, so this was a
very interesting endeavor.
We had an absolute blast though, so trying to get fun things
into my week that take me alittle bit outside of what's
comfort.
Speaker 2 (17:29):
I've been on that journey as well for the last few
years and it's a lot of fun.
You know there's things thathaven't been on my bucket list
that I have said I'll add it anddone.
I'll never do that again.
Speaker 3 (17:40):
I mean I would try it again.
The next thing on my list is Iwant to try pickleball.
But good luck trying to get acork time.
Speaker 2 (17:46):
Oh wow.
Yeah, it's very, very, verypopular.
Well, you have been so much fun.
Jill, tell our listeners howthey can find you.
Speaker 3 (17:55):
Awesome, much fun.
Jill, tell our listeners howthey can find you Awesome.
It's been great to be here.
You can find me on my website,at quinnessentialswellness.
com, or on Instagram atquinnessentialswellness, the
same for Facebook.
If you go onto the website andyou want to book a 15 minute
complimentary discovery call,you can fill out a form there
and we can have a conversationoffline, and it would be a
(18:17):
wonderful opportunity for me toget to know you.
Speaker 2 (18:20):
I love it.
Well, thank you so much, Jill,for your time today.
It's been a pleasure.
Speaker 3 (18:25):
It's been awesome chatting with you, Regina.
Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (18:28):
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This is the Good Neighbor Podcast, the place
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Here's your host, Regina Lee.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of
the Good Neighbor Podcast.
Here out of the South Charlottearea, my favorite thing to do
is talk to local business ownersand I came upon Jill.
She is the owner of Jill .
How are you today, jill Quinn?
Speaker 3 (00:30):
I am wonderful.
How are you, Regina?
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Good, good, I love what you do and I think all
women can be helped by thethings you know and the things
you share.
Tell us a little bit about whatJill Essentials is, and then
we'll kind of, oh, we need tostart over, it's Quinn
Essentials, okay.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
I was gonna pop in on that.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
When, when it was my turn to go, but we can start
over.
Okay, sorry about that.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
No worries.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
Okay, we're gonna just pick up right here and now.
Jill, tell us a little bitabout Quinn Essentials and what
you guys do, and then we'll talka little bit about how and why
you got into it.
Speaker 3 (01:22):
Perfect.
I'm so excited to be here.
Thank you for having me.
Quintessentials Wellness is ahome-based business that does
both virtual and in-personPilates and health coaching, so
I offer fitness-based coaching,nutrition, menopause coaching.
I also do Reiki and a varietyof other small group coaching
(01:48):
programs.
Quintessentials, I would say,was a dream born out of
necessity during the pandemic.
I didn't really anticipatestarting a home-based business,
but needs must.
At the time, I was the Pilatescoordinator over at Lifetime.
I have 25 years now of coachingexperience and sometimes life
(02:17):
conspires for you to stepforward into a dream that you
only imagined, really in yourdreams, but life took you down a
different path.
So that's how quintessentialswas born in 2020.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
I love the name and it's holistic coaching and
fitness overall wellness.
So tell us how and why you gotinto this.
Speaker 3 (02:39):
I was a dancer and actress back in the day and I
had an injury that brought me toa wise Pilates teacher in New
York City and I was hooked rightfrom the beginning.
I said I want to be able tohelp people overcome what might
(02:59):
be perceived as a life-changinginjury or event.
If you're an athlete or adancer and you spend the primary
portion of your life trainingfor something and something like
an injury derails you, it's notonly your physical body that
suffers, but you really don'thave your identity set apart
(03:21):
from that performative place.
So I was hooked immediately onhow I could help others find
their way back, find a new pathand also get back to feeling
strong again.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
That's cool.
Where was your injury?
Speaker 3 (03:39):
My back.
I was dropped in a rehearsaland I fractured my back and you
know, when you're 19, you kindof don't really understand the
long-term ramifications.
So the show must go on and Iperformed on that injury because
the show was the next day andcaused quite a bit of damage.
That changed the trajectory ofmy career.
Again, there are lots of thingsthat you can say, looking back,
(04:03):
that you would have donedifferently.
But here I am, you know, 26years into a Pilates career, a
health and wellness career thatI never really imagined.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
So why is Pilates an alternative for people who have
aches and pains and issues likethat?
Speaker 3 (04:22):
It is for every single body, but the primary
reason why it's so helpful forfolks who have injuries or
issues with their joints isbecause it's gentle on the
joints but powerful on themuscles.
It's an inside out modality.
What I mean by that is yourcore strength stabilizes you
from the inside out and there'sno impact on the joint, so that
(04:45):
you can become strong and stablewithout really jarring your
body in ways that, say, a hipworkout wouldn't be appropriate.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
Right, right, I love that.
So if it's, if you're doing avirtual Pilates class, does the
person need a reformer at theirhome?
Speaker 3 (05:04):
No, not necessarily.
I have some folks that do havetheir own personal reformer in
their home studio.
But we can do.
I do all kinds of fitness.
So we do map based Pilates, wedo reformer Pilates, we do
actual functional fitness.
So dumbbells, trx, bosu bandsall the things I started out as
a group fitness instructor Allthe things I started out as a
group fitness instructor back inthe day teaching cycle and spin
(05:28):
and group exercise, total bodystrength Pilates was the impetus
to get me into the door, but Isoon found many, many formats
that were awesome to teach.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
So, yes, I was that cardio queen back in the day, me
too.
I was back in the leg.
Warmer day, yes, going way back.
So how do you intertwine thewellness and the coaching piece
to a Pilates regimen Perfect.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
So I have a master's degree in exercise science and
health promotion.
So for me there's a deep healthmodel that looks at multiple
aspects of your health.
So when someone comes to me andsays I have a back pain, okay,
we'll go down that road.
Pilates might be a great pointof entry for you.
(06:23):
As we have our conversations ordive into other things that are
impacting that back pain, wemight find other areas of
opportunity for coaching.
It might be nutrition, it mightbe stress management, it might
be the way in which you liftthings at home.
If your back pain is particularor if you have certain habits
(06:45):
that you need help with, if yoursleep is disrupted, that's
gonna impact the way you show upfor your workout the next day.
So it usually evolves in anatural, organic way over the
course of the conversations.
Again, most people comethinking that they want to start
with Pilates, but it evolvesinto a holistic coaching
conversation.
Speaker 2 (07:05):
I see that.
Do you work with men?
Speaker 3 (07:07):
and women.
I do work with men and women.
Some of the coaching programs Ihave, like my menopause
coaching program, is specific towomen, but I do work with men
and women.
Some of the coaching programs Ihave, like my menopause
coaching program, is specific towomen, but I have worked with
men and women of every age andstage of their journey, from
athletes to people recoveringfrom injury prenatal, postnatal,
all kinds and body types.
Speaker 2 (07:27):
So go dive in a little bit about menopause and
how does that working withsomeone dealing with that differ
from another client?
Speaker 3 (07:37):
Okay, perfect question, Because I again used
to be a cardio queen like youand the way in which we approach
fitness, perhaps in our 20s,30s, maybe even early 40s, is
not that same modality forsomeone who is facing a down
regulation of their hormoneprofile, Sleep is disrupted,
(07:59):
Mood, energy, joint pain is asignificant side effect and
symptom of menopause.
So a HIIT workout for someonewho hasn't slept or is having
insane frozen shoulder as aresult of lack of estrogen, you
have to warm them up differentlylonger time, different approach
, different exercise programming.
(08:20):
It is a completely differentlens through which to support
the female client at that stage,that's super cool.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
Give us share maybe one of your clients their story,
that something that reallystands out, that you're super
proud of their journey.
Speaker 3 (08:38):
Oh my goodness.
Well, I've had quite a fewclients go through significant
weight loss of 100 pounds ormore, and that that is not a
linear journey.
It can be years on that pathand people often think that
you're going to start out,you're going to do all the
things all at once and you'regoing to go from A to B in 12
(08:58):
months.
Let's say that's an oftentimesmisconception.
That can happen for some folks,but life happens along the way
as you are set out on this goaland you are going to have
setbacks and you are going tohave things that throw you off
course.
So having a coach to supportyou through a big journey like
(09:21):
that is of prime importance,because it's easy to just throw
in the towel and say, well, it'stoo hard, it's too long, it's
taking too long, I'm going to gofor this quick fix.
Oftentimes, yes, people thinkI'm going to go to Medi Weight
Loss or this super caloricrestriction, or I'm going to do
this thing.
I am a lifestyle behavior changespecialist.
So, although those things dowork in the short term, or if
you have a timeframe that you'regoing to a reunion or you've
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got a wedding, maybe, sure,those things might do the trick
for that short window of time,but if you are looking to
transform your life, having acoach that understands the deep
health paradigm and thenonlinear process of health
behavior change is of primeimportance.
Today I can look back at thosetwo particular clients and be
really proud of the fact thatthey did not give up on
(10:07):
themselves, that they found away to work with me by
uncovering these strategies ofhealth behavior change to create
a lifestyle that suits them.
Speaker 2 (10:20):
So, thinking of those two clients in particular, how
often do you recommend that yousee or work with one of your
clients to get those kind ofresults?
Speaker 3 (10:30):
To get those kind of results, people have to commit
to doing a lot of work on theirown.
Most people do not have a coachfive days, seven days a week.
I had a funny conversation withmy dentist when I was there the
last time.
She said I just need you towalk around behind me and slap
the cookies out of my hand.
I said no, you don't need me todo that, you need to do the
homework yourself.
(10:51):
I cannot follow you around andslap the cookies out of your
hand.
So it's a commitment.
Coaching is a symbioticrelationship.
Okay, I really am your guideand you have to commit to doing
the work too.
So two times a week minimum,ideally three to four.
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It depends on time and budget.
If you are going to commit, Iwill create a program for you
that you can follow.
When you're not in front of meface to face, you have support
of what to do and when, butactual one on one face time or
within a group coaching model issomewhere between one to four
times a week.
Speaker 2 (11:30):
You know, it just occurred to me.
I bet most people come to youand they think they've failed,
when, what you know, they trieda short term diet or exercise
program.
But what you just said reallymakes takes the pressure off
that oh, this is supposed tohappen in a month or two months
or three months.
(11:51):
I love that.
Speaker 3 (11:52):
I mean especially.
I really learned to lean intothat when I was coaching women
who had just had children andthey want to get their pre-baby
body back.
Man, you have just grown ahuman and it took you at least
nine to 10 months to do this.
So please give yourself theequal opportunity to recover.
You are not going to sleep forprobably four of those months.
(12:14):
Like we have to learn how toapproach this with grace.
Your body is an absolutemiracle of what it can do for
you and it is so resilient Ifyou learn to listen to it.
I tell my clients often that thebody is a map.
You just have to learn how toread it and tune into what it is
asking of you.
Oftentimes we work so againstourselves by forcing certain
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things to happen within acertain timeframe.
Yeah, sure, we want resultsfast because we are instant
gratification creatures.
It's hardwired into our DNA abit, but this is a lifestyle
that you are looking to createand it's going to take some time
to implement that you arelooking to create and it's going
to take some time to implement.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
And genetically how we're made up.
You know when you maybe want tolook like someone it just may
not even be possible.
Speaker 3 (13:04):
It may not be possible.
Listen, I had this realizationthe other day.
I was at the store with mygirlfriend.
We were shopping and I sawthese giant platform shoes and I
put them on and I said, oh, I'mgoing to be so tall she's a
very tall friend and, lo andbehold, the reality of my
shortness showed up, becauseeven with these giant disco
platform shoes on, I was not astall.
And I said am I really thatshort?
She goes.
Do you not realize that youwere that short?
So the whole reason I tell thisstory is because, even if you
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want to, I am never going to befive, 10, no matter what I do,
even if I wore these discoplatform shoes.
So you have to work with whatyou've got and maximize and
optimize your DNA.
I mean, that's a wholeconversation of epigenetics.
You may have a predispositionfor certain health parameters or
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diseases, but if you adapt andadopt certain lifestyle
behaviors, you can, yes, perhapsavoid those genetic
predispositions.
So I'm a huge fan of education.
My clients definitely learn alot when they are with me,
because I want you to learn howto navigate your own body.
Speaker 2 (14:09):
Well, I love your website.
You've got blogs, you've gotrecipes, all kinds of things
Very, very informative.
What do you wish people knew?
Speaker 3 (14:19):
about your business.
Well, we've been touching onmost of it, but I'll go a little
bit further into depth withthis.
I do wish that peopleunderstood that health was not
just the physical being healthy.
(14:39):
I mean, I talk about this a lotwith my clients.
Sure, If you could squat ordeadlift XPR, or if you could
perform some acrobatic,phenomenal Pilates move that you
see on Instagram, that's allwell and good.
But if your spiritual,emotional, environmental,
professional, relational healthis not where you would like it
to be, I would consider you, yes, to be not as healthy as you
could be.
(15:00):
So one thing about my businessthat I take great pride in is I
look at the whole human and westart, perhaps, yes, with the
physical, but the physical is atop tier access point of what's
really going on within you.
Access point of what's reallygoing on within you.
So, for example, if you haveback pain, all of that seems
(15:20):
like it could be just muscles,ligaments, soft tissue and
injury.
Yes, perhaps, but there's alsoa lot of social and emotional
stress that comes along withback pain.
It shows up if you've had a lotof stress in your life.
We hold it in certain areas.
My yoga teacher always tells usin class that if you have hip
(15:40):
issues, your issues are in yourtissues, as it were.
So you know the body.
As you've heard that title, thebody keeps the score.
There's a lot going on withinyou that may appear in the
physical, so I do wish thatpeople knew about my business,
that coaching is a complete,integrative, holistic approach
(16:01):
to your overall well-being and Ireally enjoy being able to help
people in that realm.
Speaker 2 (16:07):
Well, it's super cool because I can tell you know you
, you educate, but then you walkside by side on the journey and
that check in, having thatperson that knows you so well,
has to be such a huge benefit.
So when you're not doing all ofthis, what do you like to do
for fun in the area?
Speaker 3 (16:26):
Well, I love to go to yoga.
It is a way for me to receivecoaching.
I go to Dream Yoga Wellnesshere in Indian land and it is an
amazing studio, super awesomeinstructors, so it's a chance
for me to get a little bit backof what I receive, so that's fun
for me.
I read avidly and broadly.
(16:48):
I'm writing fiction books atthe moment, so that's a fun
hobby for me.
I love to go on walks, go tothe Whitewater Center, the
Anclos Greenway, as manyopportunities as I can to get
outside and enjoy nature.
The most wild thing I've donein recent months is go axe
(17:09):
throwing, because I am trying todo new things and get out of my
comfort zone.
I do not do well with objectsthat are thrown, so this was a
very interesting endeavor.
We had an absolute blast though, so trying to get fun things
into my week that take me alittle bit outside of what's
comfort.
Speaker 2 (17:29):
I've been on that journey as well for the last few
years and it's a lot of fun.
You know there's things thathaven't been on my bucket list
that I have said I'll add it anddone.
I'll never do that again.
Speaker 3 (17:40):
I mean I would try it again.
The next thing on my list is Iwant to try pickleball.
But good luck trying to get acork time.
Speaker 2 (17:46):
Oh wow.
Yeah, it's very, very, verypopular.
Well, you have been so much fun.
Jill, tell our listeners howthey can find you.
Speaker 3 (17:55):
Awesome, much fun.
Jill, tell our listeners howthey can find you Awesome.
It's been great to be here.
You can find me on my website,at quinnessentialswellness.
com, or on Instagram atquinnessentialswellness, the
same for Facebook.
If you go onto the website andyou want to book a 15 minute
complimentary discovery call,you can fill out a form there
and we can have a conversationoffline, and it would be a
(18:17):
wonderful opportunity for me toget to know you.
Speaker 2 (18:20):
I love it.
Well, thank you so much, Jill,for your time today.
It's been a pleasure.
Speaker 3 (18:25):
It's been awesome chatting with you, Regina.
Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (18:28):
Thank you for listening to the Good Neighbor
Podcast.
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